Rumsfeld vlucht Frankrijk dat arrestatie vreest

De vroegere Secretaresse van de Defensie van de V.S. Donald Rumsfeld gevlucht Frankrijk dat vandaag arrestatie over lasten van „het opdracht geven vreest tot en“ marteling van gevangenen machtigt bij zowel de gevangenis van Abu Ghraib van de Amerikaans-Looppas in Irak als de de aanhoudingsfaciliteit van de militairen van de V.S. bij de Baai van Guantanamo, Cuba, niet bevestigde rapporten die uit Parijs komen stelt voor.

De de ambassadeambtenaren van de V.S. zwaaiden gisteren Rumsfeld weg van een ontbijtvergadering in Parijs die door het tijdschrift van het Buitenlandse Beleid wordt georganiseerd nadat de rechten van de mensgroepen een misdadige klacht tegen de man indienden die van President George W. aan de spits stond Oorlog van Bush de „op verschrikking“ zes jaar.

Under international law, authorities in France are obliged to open an investigation when a complaint is made while the alleged torturer is on French soil.

According to activists in France, who greeted Rumsfeld shouting “murderer” and “war criminal” at the breakfast meeting venue, US embassy officials remained tight-lipped about the former defense secretary’s whereabouts citing “security reasons”.

Anti-torture protesters in France believe that the defense secretary fled over the open border to Germany, where a war crimes case against Rumsfeld was dismissed by a federal court. But activist point out that under the Schengen agreement that ended border checkpoints across a large part of the European Union, French law enforcement agents are allowed to cross the border into Germany in pursuit of a fleeing fugitive.

“Rumsfeld must be feeling how Saddam Hussein felt when US forces were hunting him down,” activist Tanguy Richard said. “He may never end up being hanged like his old friend, but he must learn that in the civilized world, war crime doesn’t pay.”

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights (LDH) filed the complaint on Thursday after learning that Rumsfeld was scheduled to visit Paris.

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